We drove to Bilbao from just south of Bordeaux, and to one of the places on Cindy's bucket list, the Guggenheim art museum. We had seen it on the show "Spain - On the Road Again", with Mario Batali, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Bittman and Claudia Bassols (http://www.spainontheroadagain.com/), but seeing it for real was amazing. The building is incredible. When you listen to Frank Gehry, the Canadian born architect, speak about his inspiration (his Grandma letting him play with the fish they bought, at the market, in the bathtub before they cooked it), it made a lot of sense. It is a beautiful building and much of the artwork was wonderful (although Jim would tell you that it is better from outside the building). After the museum Jim and I went for tapas at one of the places that Mario Batali and Mark Bittman visited in the same episode (no pics taken, food and wine were so good we forgot). Then we took the Artxanda funicular up to a high area overlooking the city. Too bad it was so misty and rainy, but it was worth the 95 cent ride each way. It was wonderful, a perfect start to our visit to España.
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